Glass Notes vs Milestone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glass Notes
Capture thoughts with visually appealing glass cards that change color based on their background. Organize notes with color tags, checklists, and folders. Protect your private entries with Face ID and access them easily via home screen widgets.
- Visually appealing glass card design
- Color-coded note organization
- Interactive checklists
- Folder-based note grouping
- Face ID/Passcode protection
- Home screen widgets
- Private data storage
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Write, plan and keep private information on translucent, colorful glass cards. Capture tasks, checklists, photos, scans, drawings and voice notes in one polished workspace for iPhone and iPad. Start free with up to 10 notes. One purchase unlocks unlimited notes, with no subscription, ads, tracking or account. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WORKSPACE Create translucent glass cards and choose any HEX color for notes, folders, text and the app accent. Use bold and italic text with nine text colors. CAPTURE MORE Add photos, scan documents and search for text found inside images. Record voice notes with on-device transcription. Draw by hand with Apple Pencil. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING Create checklists with progress indicators. Group content into folders and tags, then filter tags in one tap. Use calendar view and reminders. Select multiple notes to move, share or delete them together. SEARCH AND SHARE Spotlight searches your notes, while locked notes are never indexed. Share notes as images or PDFs. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Protect private notes with Face ID or a passcode. Recently Deleted retains removed notes for 30 days. WIDGETS AND iPAD Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for quick access. Use the iPad sidebar layout for efficient navigation. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 Glass Notes is built for iOS 26 and Apple's Liquid Glass design, bringing a translucent, modern interface to your everyday writing. FREE TO START Keep up to 10 notes for free. One purchase unlocks unlimited notes, forever. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. No account.
Milestone
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Progress is easy to forget. Milestone makes it easy to remember. Capture what you're working on with photos, voice notes, and text. Everything is organized on a timeline, so months of slow progress become something you can actually see. CAPTURE IN THE MOMENT Open the app and the camera is ready. Take a photo while the work is in front of you, record a voice note while the details are fresh, or type a note instead. Each entry keeps the moment, the context, and the date together. The whole flow takes seconds, so documenting progress never gets in the way of making it. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Everything lands on a chronological timeline, counting up from the day your project started. Scroll from your first entry to today to see where you started, what changed, and how it all came together. Progress that's hard to notice day to day becomes obvious when you can see it in order. Keep as many projects as you have going. Each one has its own timeline and day count. PLAN WHAT'S NEXT Keep tasks alongside each project so the work ahead stays connected to the progress you've already made. Reorder tasks, check them off when they're done, and add due dates only when you need them. Tasks can include photos, voice notes, and text too, so they're more than just a checklist. Completed tasks stay organized by when you finished them and can be cleared whenever you no longer need them. UNDERSTAND MORE WITH ON-DEVICE AI Milestone uses on-device AI to transcribe voice notes and analyze photos for readable text and visual subjects. Search for what you said, what was written, or what appeared in a photo—all without uploading your private moments to a Milestone server. FIND IT AGAIN Search your notes to find the moment you can't quite place. Voice-note transcripts and photo text or visual labels are included, so search can find what was said and what appeared in a photo, not just what you typed. Flag important entries so they're easy to return to later. KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER Project photos get buried in your camera roll. Details disappear into messages or stay in your head. Milestone keeps the photo, the context, and the moment together in one place. FOR ANYTHING WORTH DOCUMENTING Personal goals. Creative work. Home improvements. School projects. Travel. Restorations. Anything that takes long enough that you'll want to look back on it. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICES There is no Milestone account and no Milestone server. Your entries stay on your device and sync across iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud. Turn iCloud off and Milestone still works on one device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Glass Notes at every 8 days against Milestone's every 3 weeks. Milestone's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Glass Notes ships an update every 8 days, Milestone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glass Notes | Milestone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Birkan Aksoy | Eric Fan |
In-app purchases
Glass Notes
No in-app purchases
Milestone
No in-app purchases
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